myEtymology.com: English etymology of anticodon

Etymology of the English word anticodon

the English word anticodon

derived from the English word codon

using the English suffix -on

derived from the English word code

derived from the Old French word code

derived from the Latin word codex (trunk of tree; piece, block of wood)

derived from the Latin word caudex (trunk of tree; piece, hunk of wood)

derived from the Juridical Latin word codex

using the English prefix anti-

derived from the New Latin prefix anti-

derived from the Greek prefix anti-, ἀντι-

derived from the Greek word anti, ἀντί (against, before, opposite, instead or because of)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *anti-

Word found in Modern English